Twenty-Nine New State Records for Beetles (Coleoptera) in the United States
New state records are presented to expand the known distribution of 10 species of Coleoptera in the United States: Priocera castaea (Newman, 1838) (Cleroidea: Cleridae), Rhadalus testaceus LeConte, 1852 (Cleroidea: Rhadalidae), Sosylus extensus (Casey, 1897) (Coccinelloidea: Bothrideridae), Nosodendron unicolor (Say, 1824) (Nosodendroidea: Nosodendridae), Bitoma crenata (Fabricius, 1775) (Tenebrionoidea: Zopheridae), Namunaria guttulata (LeConte, 1863) (Tenebrionoidea: Zopheridae), Emmesa connectens (Newman, 1838) (Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae), Phloiotrya fusca (LeConte, 1878) (Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae), Hoperius planatus Fall, 1927 (Adephaga: Dytiscidae) and Haliplus havaniensis Wehncke, 1880 (Adephaga: Haliplidae) by a total of 29 states; additionally, the confounding status of Phloiotrya fusca is reviewed. Updated distributions are provided for each species treated.
Authors
- Michael E. Bernal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7648-9761)
- John M. Leavengood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3223-455X)
- Eric G. Chapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-3074)
Institutions
- United States Department of Agriculture (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
- Published
- 2024-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.126.2.206
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00